Helicopter down east of La Junta

A helicopter, probably from Front Range Pipeline went down at approximately noon on Tuesday near La Junta near the intersection of County Road 32 and Sixth Street extended to east.

Comment

By Bette McFarren

LA Junta Tribune - La Junta, CO

By Bette McFarren

Posted May. 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 7, 2013 at 1:23 PM

By Bette McFarren

Posted May. 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 7, 2013 at 1:23 PM

At approximately noon on Tuesday, a helicopter went down east of La Junta, near County Road 32 and the extension of Sixth Street in La Junta. At the time of this report, emergency vehicles were traversing the diagonal road across the prairie looking for the crash site.

Front Range Pipeline Manager Randy Duncan arrived at the scene about 12:30 p.m. and said, "I think it's one of mine." Further information will be forthcoming from the La Junta Fire and Rescue.

At 1:10 p.m. the wreckage was located and Engineer Josh Fieff said that injuries are being evaluated. There were no fatalities.